Originally Posted by Maximo

Personally I like many of today's engines...I think there are many good choices available..... However after owning and testing many of these engines I still come back to saying the Picco based .21's are the most powerful .21's on todays market.. I even own,modified and dynoed a Go 25 and even though it is a fantastic engine it doesn't make as much power or RPM as the Picco .21's do...Now I am not saying that because the Picco's are more powerful that they are better race engines, however if having big power is important to you then there is no better choice on todays market then a Picco .21.... Now if a person is really after having the biggest gun on the track a properly modified Picco .21 is in a league of its own...They have huge bottom end and a screaming top end you don't hear from other offroad engines....

edit: even tho the Picco's make big power they still have a few quirks, they don't have the smoothest powerband and the carbs can be leaky sometimes.. I do not consider them to be any better as a race engine then some of the others mentioned, however if big power is what you want nothing touches the Picco's

Originally Posted by dgdcustoms

yeah i had a p3.28 in my lst2 thing rocked.was kind thinkin about that same motor.and maybe send it out to get modded.i was thinkin of goin brushless but it same the locals that have brushless is in buggies.ive never 'raced' nitro befor so i might try it this year.if a .21 will keep up with .28's i got a rossi .21 in my old xb8 i just might run instead of buyin a new one.cause i do want to go brushless sooner or later.

Originally Posted by malik

I ran the 5 port in truggy last year with a 8mm restrictor and was getting 10 mins and was smoking alot of more expensive mills on the straight. Now its in my buggy I just had to tame it with a 6.5mm venturi and carbon shoes. The .25 is a beast, low end of any .28 with the rpm's of a .21 its an amazing mill. If I wasnt switching to buggy I would have got the .25 last year. I had a heavy truggy though if you are putting it in the losi you dont even need the .25 the .21 will be fine because its light just make shure you go to walmart and get a heat gun for break in and around 2-3 gals swap the rod pin and clips and call it a day.

Originally Posted by bushyar15

Another good engine is the LRP Z3 .28. Goes for around 179.99. Good power all the way around although a bit of a gas hog.

Originally Posted by sp2thielen

for the track at hobby town you will only want to get a .21. any more than that and you wont like it. hatcher ran a go 5 prot last year and liked it. but dont waste you money on any thing bigger than a .21. to much power for our track.

Originally Posted by BAUSTIN

then look at the extech .21.....230$ berfore discount....

http://www.amainhobbies.com/product_...ducts_id/25459

runs great, better than a go imo

freshend up?....is it used?.....axe rossi or nova?